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35. What country is the following information about?
1. It borders on Canada in the north and Mexico in the south.
2. This country is surrounded by the shallow waters of the Irish Sea and the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the North Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.
3. The country is in south-eastern Europe, the second largest country of the continent after Russia.
4. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Pacific Ocean in the west and by the Gulf of Mexico in the south.
5. The lakes in the country are Loch Morar and Wastwater.
6. The Great Lakes are situated in the north-east of the country and make up the largest group of lakes in the country, as well as the greatest collections of freshwater in the world.
7. The territory of this country extends 900 km from north to south and 1 300 km from east to west.
8. The present territory of this country consists of three separate parts.
9. Northern and western parts of the country are hilly, forested areas with many picturesque mountain resorts.
10. The area of the country is about 9 400 000 km².
11. Its population is about 256 m people.
12. The most significant geographical fact is that this country is an island and that no part of it is more than 75 miles from the sea.
13. The major characteristic of the United States is probably its great variety.
14. It is a country of mountains and prairies, valleys and deserts.
15. Its physical environment ranges from the arctic to the subtropical, from the moist rain forest to the arid desert, from the rugged mountain peak to the flat prairie.
16. The warm currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence the climate of the country.
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| Most of the country have a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and cold winters. | |
| Summers are hot and very damp in this region and rainfall decreases to the east as a result of the rain shadow created by the West Pacific range and the Sierra Nevada. | |
| The Atlantic coast is almost rainless in summer, although there is often rainy winter there is frequent sunny spells, but the climate remains generally warm and dry, especially in Florida. | |
| The western part of the country is moderately rainy. | |
| During the summer there are a change of the air masses, and west of the Rockies the change resembles the summer monsoon of Southeast Asia. |
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